http://www.newsnet5.com/news/21464633/detail.html
Violence has become an all too familiar factor at West High School in Cleveland. Newsnet5 tells the story on their local channel and the internet. Apparently the parents of the children at this school are fed up with all the fighting going on inside the school system. They are very worried for their kid’s safety and don’t want them exposed to this type of behavior. Even the police are fed up with the constant violence. They are claiming all this violence to be from what they are calling turf wars with rival gangs. Thursday there was a huge outbreak of fighting throughout the school and after the school day was over. In between classes in the cafeteria a big fight broke out, and sent many students running for their safety. Luckily officers were nearby and many more came to the scene to stop this fighting and turf war battle. One student told the officials that that a boy punched two girls and that one of the girls was pregnant. Everyone agrees even the neighboring citizens that this gang fighting is going too far and ruining their neighborhood. There are sometimes upwards of twenty-five officers at the school to maintain the peace. The police say that there is tension all the time in between classes and after the school day. The officers they never know when it might explode so they are always ready. All of these battles are because of rival gangs members being placed in this school. Schools are expelling students from one school and putting them in another, and a lot of these expelled students are from rival gangs across town that is now being put into West High. This is what is causing these turf wars battles. School leaders claim to be doing whatever they can and will correct the problem.
I don’t understand violence. It makes zero sense to physically fight your way to get your way. I hope they can settle this problem so the innocent students have a better time and are able to enjoy their few high school years.
In the article it says that they are expelling kids from one school and putting them into another. Usually kids that are expelled are trouble makers anyways, so why would they even deserve an education? I think being educated is a privilege and if they don’t want take advantage of it send them home permanently. Isn’t that what expulsion means?
Anyone who performs crimes inside the school systems and are expelled should have to fight for their right to get back into school. If they don’t fight for their right don’t give it to them.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Funniest Mug Shot Ever
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/29/iowa.marker.disguise/index.html
While reading the news on CNN I came across these two punk kids with what looks like magic marker all over their faces. It looks like they scribbled and scribbled till they were satisfied with the marker all over each others faces. They look plum ridiculous. The mug shots are priceless. They don’t look very pleased with their masking attempt in the photos. Apparently these kids who are twenty and twenty-three were trying to break into someone’s house. The police were called and told to look for two men in hooded sweatshirts and painted faces and they were trying to break into a house. The police were definitely shocked when they caught up with the suspects. The chief of police told a CNN correspondent that his officers were great at finding suspects and great investigators. I don’t think that these officers had any problem telling that these two punks were guilty or even had to use their skills. They think that these kids targeted this house over some type of girl problems and that the guy living there was dating one of their ex-girlfriends. They were both charged with attempted burglary and one of them was also charged with driving under the influence.
Sometimes people just plain amaze me. Whether they were drunk or not, or they were just going to rob this guys house. Where in the world did they get the idea of putting magic marker on their faces? I wonder if they thought they were camouflaging themselves.
After this article and thinking it over, I realized that I’m very thankful I’m not a complete idiots. These two kids deserve what they get. Can you imagine going to court and having the jurors see your ridiculous mug shots, I bet they laugh there butts off.
You should check these photos out, they really are very funny.
While reading the news on CNN I came across these two punk kids with what looks like magic marker all over their faces. It looks like they scribbled and scribbled till they were satisfied with the marker all over each others faces. They look plum ridiculous. The mug shots are priceless. They don’t look very pleased with their masking attempt in the photos. Apparently these kids who are twenty and twenty-three were trying to break into someone’s house. The police were called and told to look for two men in hooded sweatshirts and painted faces and they were trying to break into a house. The police were definitely shocked when they caught up with the suspects. The chief of police told a CNN correspondent that his officers were great at finding suspects and great investigators. I don’t think that these officers had any problem telling that these two punks were guilty or even had to use their skills. They think that these kids targeted this house over some type of girl problems and that the guy living there was dating one of their ex-girlfriends. They were both charged with attempted burglary and one of them was also charged with driving under the influence.
Sometimes people just plain amaze me. Whether they were drunk or not, or they were just going to rob this guys house. Where in the world did they get the idea of putting magic marker on their faces? I wonder if they thought they were camouflaging themselves.
After this article and thinking it over, I realized that I’m very thankful I’m not a complete idiots. These two kids deserve what they get. Can you imagine going to court and having the jurors see your ridiculous mug shots, I bet they laugh there butts off.
You should check these photos out, they really are very funny.
It's a Big Boat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/ns/travel-cruising/
I was reading on MSNBC today when I came across a heading that said world’s largest cruise ship. (I had to read it.) This cruise ship is amazing; it is 1,200 feet long and has sixteen levels. It can sleep 6,300 people including the crew and has 2,700 rooms on board. This ship belongs to the cruise company Royal Caribbean International. They spent $1.5 billion building it in Finland. This cruise ship has it all. It has volleyball courts, four swimming pools, ice skating rink, and even a small-scale golf course. The ice skating rink can accommodate 780 spectators watching whatever show might be put on. This ship has all sorts of different features. It has what they call different neighborhoods on board with different themes involved. It has parks and squares and all sorts of amazing features. In the front of the boat, the stern. There is a huge swimming pool in the daytime and at night it covers up to become a gigantic amphitheater seating 750 passengers. There is also an indoor theatre that seats even more people at 1,300 passengers. There are all kinds of cabins to choose from for any type of budget. They have loft style cabins that are 545 square feet to luxury style cabins at 1,600 square feet. On of the ships key features is that one of the areas on the boat themed after central park has a bar in it called the “Rising Tide” which moves up and down between three stories so passengers can get off at any of the three decks. This is the first moving bar. Another thing that they claim about the boat is that even though it is gigantic they had it engineered to be some what environmentally friendly. It dumps zero waists into the ocean and uses much less fuel. It actually consumes about they same amount of fuel as a cruise ship much smaller than it is.
I can’t believe these ships can get any bigger. I have not ever been on a cruise ship before, but I have seen many of them while on the beech. I can’t imagine them needing to be any larger.
After reading this article I realized this is a technological achievement. This is a grand cruise ship that I believe will certainly be a great investment for this company. I really like how they tried to make this ship as environmentally friendly as they could. That really means a lot these days and I hope that they get a few more passengers just because of that feature.
I would love to be the first one on this enormous thing. I also want to drive it! I think there is better wording for driving? Captain it maybe????
I was reading on MSNBC today when I came across a heading that said world’s largest cruise ship. (I had to read it.) This cruise ship is amazing; it is 1,200 feet long and has sixteen levels. It can sleep 6,300 people including the crew and has 2,700 rooms on board. This ship belongs to the cruise company Royal Caribbean International. They spent $1.5 billion building it in Finland. This cruise ship has it all. It has volleyball courts, four swimming pools, ice skating rink, and even a small-scale golf course. The ice skating rink can accommodate 780 spectators watching whatever show might be put on. This ship has all sorts of different features. It has what they call different neighborhoods on board with different themes involved. It has parks and squares and all sorts of amazing features. In the front of the boat, the stern. There is a huge swimming pool in the daytime and at night it covers up to become a gigantic amphitheater seating 750 passengers. There is also an indoor theatre that seats even more people at 1,300 passengers. There are all kinds of cabins to choose from for any type of budget. They have loft style cabins that are 545 square feet to luxury style cabins at 1,600 square feet. On of the ships key features is that one of the areas on the boat themed after central park has a bar in it called the “Rising Tide” which moves up and down between three stories so passengers can get off at any of the three decks. This is the first moving bar. Another thing that they claim about the boat is that even though it is gigantic they had it engineered to be some what environmentally friendly. It dumps zero waists into the ocean and uses much less fuel. It actually consumes about they same amount of fuel as a cruise ship much smaller than it is.
I can’t believe these ships can get any bigger. I have not ever been on a cruise ship before, but I have seen many of them while on the beech. I can’t imagine them needing to be any larger.
After reading this article I realized this is a technological achievement. This is a grand cruise ship that I believe will certainly be a great investment for this company. I really like how they tried to make this ship as environmentally friendly as they could. That really means a lot these days and I hope that they get a few more passengers just because of that feature.
I would love to be the first one on this enormous thing. I also want to drive it! I think there is better wording for driving? Captain it maybe????
Friday, October 23, 2009
Universal Cell Phone Chargers
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/33448863/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Today on MSNBC’s top headlines they announced that the U.N. telecoms agency approved a universal cell phone charger. They said it will benefit in all sorts of areas. Customers will not have to keep track of all their chargers, especially those with two or more phones in the household. It will also benefit the environment because by doing this it will prevent 13.6 million tons of greenhouse gasses from entering the ozone from manufacturing of these chargers. It will also reduce the waste from the garbage bound chargers too. They are going to be the micron-USB style plug-in into your phone comparable to digital cameras. They also said that some manufactures would offer the regular USB plug-in so you can charge it directly from your computer instead of a wall socket. Not everyone will do this because the charge time is longer, but some will. The manufacturers will not be legally made to abide with the universal charger, but they said most generally phone makers have no problem following something that is good for their customers.
I’m glad someone finally realized that all the different types of phone and camera chargers are crazy.
I reacted this way because it’s about time we realize how stupid it is to make hundreds of different phones which all have a different charger. I couldn’t tell you how many times I have needed a charge on my phone and next thing you know you have fifteen chargers in front of you and none of them work. At my work we have an extra desk in the office. In one of the big drawers there are about twenty different chargers in it. (I’m not kidding.) If you get an extra charger you usually throw it in the desk. It’s kind of a joke, but I’ve used one of them and I’ve seen others look in there too.
Finally I can throw all those junk chargers away and clean my junk drawer out a little bit.
Today on MSNBC’s top headlines they announced that the U.N. telecoms agency approved a universal cell phone charger. They said it will benefit in all sorts of areas. Customers will not have to keep track of all their chargers, especially those with two or more phones in the household. It will also benefit the environment because by doing this it will prevent 13.6 million tons of greenhouse gasses from entering the ozone from manufacturing of these chargers. It will also reduce the waste from the garbage bound chargers too. They are going to be the micron-USB style plug-in into your phone comparable to digital cameras. They also said that some manufactures would offer the regular USB plug-in so you can charge it directly from your computer instead of a wall socket. Not everyone will do this because the charge time is longer, but some will. The manufacturers will not be legally made to abide with the universal charger, but they said most generally phone makers have no problem following something that is good for their customers.
I’m glad someone finally realized that all the different types of phone and camera chargers are crazy.
I reacted this way because it’s about time we realize how stupid it is to make hundreds of different phones which all have a different charger. I couldn’t tell you how many times I have needed a charge on my phone and next thing you know you have fifteen chargers in front of you and none of them work. At my work we have an extra desk in the office. In one of the big drawers there are about twenty different chargers in it. (I’m not kidding.) If you get an extra charger you usually throw it in the desk. It’s kind of a joke, but I’ve used one of them and I’ve seen others look in there too.
Finally I can throw all those junk chargers away and clean my junk drawer out a little bit.
Travel Nice
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/10/22/travel.behavior/index.html
I was reading this article on CNN.com today about being nice whenever you travel. It told many stories of travelers who got better treatment than those who were rude or expressed anger when things such as delayed flights or overbooked hotels didn’t go their way. A few ways to do this are to remain calm, flatter them, or be a volunteer. If you remain calm in a situation you just may get an upgraded room or flight. This article tells a story about a passenger who got onto a plane seated in coach. Her chair was broken and she goes to one of the flight attendants to see if she could be moved to another seat. Apparently the attendant was having a bad day a told her that the flight agreements never stated having a properly working seat in the contract. The attendant kept raising their voice while the passenger remained calm and tried to talk it out. During this confrontation another flight attendant saw what was going on and noticed who was out of line. The passenger was then quietly taken aside and took to business class. If you’re seated at your gate you can always try to flatter your gate attendant. Let them know you appreciate what they are doing and tell them they are doing a great job. Maybe if your flight is overbooked you won’t be the one held over and the angry man behind you will? If you are ever on a flight and another passenger might want to set with their significant other or child, or maybe they have a disability and could use your seat you could volunteer to give up that seat?
After reading this article, it reminded me of many circumstances where an angry customer got their way. I do think that it is probably much easier to remember those rude customers for their actions, but I also think that the people who are nice about what problems are going on are given special treatment quietly.
I reacted this way because too many people get away with being rude. I like hearing about customers being nice and getting a little extra in return. I was on a fully booked overseas flight one time. A family near me had a small dog with them. Their seats had the AC unit underneath and they weren’t able to get their dog kennel under it. The poor dad who was being very nice asked the flight attendant if he could be moved. She then asked out loud if anyone would give their seat up and trade him. I had a lane seat in the middle and gave it up for his seat in the center isle in the middle. I wasn’t very thrilled about doing this but the poor guy was going to have to hold that dog kennel on his lap for an eight hour flight! Whenever I got up to give him my seat the flight attendant called me over to her. She told me that I needed to follow her and took me all the way to the front in business class and pointed at a seat for me to set. I was thrilled and she thanked me for giving up my seat. I couldn’t believe it!
When it comes to people I think the best advice I can give anyone is to kill them with kindness.
I was reading this article on CNN.com today about being nice whenever you travel. It told many stories of travelers who got better treatment than those who were rude or expressed anger when things such as delayed flights or overbooked hotels didn’t go their way. A few ways to do this are to remain calm, flatter them, or be a volunteer. If you remain calm in a situation you just may get an upgraded room or flight. This article tells a story about a passenger who got onto a plane seated in coach. Her chair was broken and she goes to one of the flight attendants to see if she could be moved to another seat. Apparently the attendant was having a bad day a told her that the flight agreements never stated having a properly working seat in the contract. The attendant kept raising their voice while the passenger remained calm and tried to talk it out. During this confrontation another flight attendant saw what was going on and noticed who was out of line. The passenger was then quietly taken aside and took to business class. If you’re seated at your gate you can always try to flatter your gate attendant. Let them know you appreciate what they are doing and tell them they are doing a great job. Maybe if your flight is overbooked you won’t be the one held over and the angry man behind you will? If you are ever on a flight and another passenger might want to set with their significant other or child, or maybe they have a disability and could use your seat you could volunteer to give up that seat?
After reading this article, it reminded me of many circumstances where an angry customer got their way. I do think that it is probably much easier to remember those rude customers for their actions, but I also think that the people who are nice about what problems are going on are given special treatment quietly.
I reacted this way because too many people get away with being rude. I like hearing about customers being nice and getting a little extra in return. I was on a fully booked overseas flight one time. A family near me had a small dog with them. Their seats had the AC unit underneath and they weren’t able to get their dog kennel under it. The poor dad who was being very nice asked the flight attendant if he could be moved. She then asked out loud if anyone would give their seat up and trade him. I had a lane seat in the middle and gave it up for his seat in the center isle in the middle. I wasn’t very thrilled about doing this but the poor guy was going to have to hold that dog kennel on his lap for an eight hour flight! Whenever I got up to give him my seat the flight attendant called me over to her. She told me that I needed to follow her and took me all the way to the front in business class and pointed at a seat for me to set. I was thrilled and she thanked me for giving up my seat. I couldn’t believe it!
When it comes to people I think the best advice I can give anyone is to kill them with kindness.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tennis Ball Trafficking
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl101609mlopp.221e9dab1.html
I read this article at wwltv an ABC broadcasting affiliate. In New Orleans thirteen people were arrested in a drug trafficking ring using tennis balls. What they would do is fill up tennis balls with all kinds of different drugs and contraband and would throw it over the walls at the local penitentiary. They did this by using cell phones to talk to prisoners and others on the other side. They would then have them throw the tennis balls over to the inmates on the other side to make the swap. They don’t say how the money was transfered for these different drugs but are working to find out. They police officials said that it was mostly marijuana but some other drugs were thrown over also.
These criminals were supplying criminal’s drugs! They deserve to be together. I hope to see these guys make the news and go to jail with their buddies. I can’t believe they even thought they might get away with such a stupid act.
I reacted this way because criminals are so stupid. They always get caught, but I don’t understand why they sometimes try so hard. I mean come on, how do you think this would ever possibly be something you could get away with. Maybe they are elected by a higher ranking gang official or something. I would hate to be on the bottom of that sonority list and be get elected that job.
I hope these guys have fun in jail! These are some pretty dumb criminals and I hope they enjoy their time together. Wouldn’t you hate to have to explain yourself to a jury for this one?
I read this article at wwltv an ABC broadcasting affiliate. In New Orleans thirteen people were arrested in a drug trafficking ring using tennis balls. What they would do is fill up tennis balls with all kinds of different drugs and contraband and would throw it over the walls at the local penitentiary. They did this by using cell phones to talk to prisoners and others on the other side. They would then have them throw the tennis balls over to the inmates on the other side to make the swap. They don’t say how the money was transfered for these different drugs but are working to find out. They police officials said that it was mostly marijuana but some other drugs were thrown over also.
These criminals were supplying criminal’s drugs! They deserve to be together. I hope to see these guys make the news and go to jail with their buddies. I can’t believe they even thought they might get away with such a stupid act.
I reacted this way because criminals are so stupid. They always get caught, but I don’t understand why they sometimes try so hard. I mean come on, how do you think this would ever possibly be something you could get away with. Maybe they are elected by a higher ranking gang official or something. I would hate to be on the bottom of that sonority list and be get elected that job.
I hope these guys have fun in jail! These are some pretty dumb criminals and I hope they enjoy their time together. Wouldn’t you hate to have to explain yourself to a jury for this one?
Who Is Miles Austin
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/12/austins-huge-day-rescues-cowboys/print/
Last Sunday was a crazy day for the Dallas Cowboys. Their most prominent receiver Roy Williams was out for the game from an injury. Miles Austin, the third string receiver had to step in and step up for his team. Usually the third string man would just need to try not to make mistakes; they usually don’t do what Miles Austin did. He had the best game of his career and broke a Dallas Cowboy record set by the Hall Of Fame member Bob Hayes thirty-nine years ago. Miles broke the Cowboys game total rushing yardage record and help lead his team to a 26-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The winless Chiefs thought they had the game going in their favor. Then Miles broke a tackle and ran for 59 yards. This drive and others lead to a 20-13 lead over the Chiefs. The Chiefs did come back and bring it into over time, but Miles broke some more tackles on the second possession Dallas had and got a 60 yard run. Miles’ drive lead to a game winning field goal. This game was a crazy one for the Cowboys they had thirteen penalties and even missed a field goal. If not for Miles Austin this game could have went a different direction. Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said that he did amazing and that they were going to keep him playing.
I didn’t realize that Miles Austin was a third stringer for the Dallas Cowboys because he did so well. You usually don’t have a record broke by a rookie that was set by from a Hall of Fame member. Especially someone who does't start.
I reacted this way because I had thought I knew who Miles Austin was during the game. When I found out I didn’t I couldn’t believe that he was a third stringer. He had an amazing game for anyone in the NFL and deserves a lot for his performance.
Hopefully Wade Phillips will continue playing him so we can see how he does Sunday.
Last Sunday was a crazy day for the Dallas Cowboys. Their most prominent receiver Roy Williams was out for the game from an injury. Miles Austin, the third string receiver had to step in and step up for his team. Usually the third string man would just need to try not to make mistakes; they usually don’t do what Miles Austin did. He had the best game of his career and broke a Dallas Cowboy record set by the Hall Of Fame member Bob Hayes thirty-nine years ago. Miles broke the Cowboys game total rushing yardage record and help lead his team to a 26-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The winless Chiefs thought they had the game going in their favor. Then Miles broke a tackle and ran for 59 yards. This drive and others lead to a 20-13 lead over the Chiefs. The Chiefs did come back and bring it into over time, but Miles broke some more tackles on the second possession Dallas had and got a 60 yard run. Miles’ drive lead to a game winning field goal. This game was a crazy one for the Cowboys they had thirteen penalties and even missed a field goal. If not for Miles Austin this game could have went a different direction. Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said that he did amazing and that they were going to keep him playing.
I didn’t realize that Miles Austin was a third stringer for the Dallas Cowboys because he did so well. You usually don’t have a record broke by a rookie that was set by from a Hall of Fame member. Especially someone who does't start.
I reacted this way because I had thought I knew who Miles Austin was during the game. When I found out I didn’t I couldn’t believe that he was a third stringer. He had an amazing game for anyone in the NFL and deserves a lot for his performance.
Hopefully Wade Phillips will continue playing him so we can see how he does Sunday.
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